The limitations of life
Of great fascination to me is speed – a simple but often overlooked little quality representing the rate of change of position over time. One of the really exciting things […]
The beauty of being the same
As is the case with many of the important things in the universe, they pass by without due consideration. Today we muse over a funny old thing – symmetry. The […]
To probe, or not to probe?
Mission Juice will take a billion euros and convert this into a probe which will find out if any of the moons around Jupiter could host microbial life. Could the […]
How many primes?
One of the first proofs I ever learnt was that there are an infinitely large number of prime numbers. It seems obvious that there should be such because when you […]
Kepler 438b, a viable opportunity?
Keplar 438b is around the same size as Earth is and orbits a cooler star than the sun with a year of around 35 days. Temperature wise it is around the […]
I don’t know you, but we journey to the same place my friend
When I was a child I was terrified of death from an irrationally young age. I remember going to a small holiday park, on the outskirts of Dartmouth that my […]
A hidden world
Today we talk of one of the most exciting things that is currently going on at CERN – which let’s face it is one of the most exciting places in […]
Why does the sky bleed?
The above photograph shows the view from my bedroom on a winters morning. It is one of the traits of any scientist when they see something like this to stop […]
The same places; the same time; the same object
Anyone who has read a little pop-science has probably heard the curiously quoted idea that a sub-atomic particle can be in two places at once. I think I was probably first told this […]
Physics has so much potential
I have known what potential energy is for a very long time, but it is only of late I think I have truly began to appreciate its subtly in describing […]
Rationalising The Universe 